Track facts: Sunday's race is the first time in the Chase's 9-year history that the top three drivers in points - Brad Keselowski, Jimmie Johnson and Denny Hamlin - go to a track where they've won the last three races . . . Johnson led seven times for 157 laps, including the final 28, to win last year's race. Kasey Kahne was runner-up; Keselowski was third . . . Since the spring race, the Kansas track has been reconfigured: The turns are now banked at 17 to 20 degrees. Previously, they were 15 degrees . . . Hamlin won the spring race at Kansas. Martin Truex Jr. was second, Johnson third. A.J. Allmendinger was the fastest qualifier (175.993 mph). He led the first 44 laps, then finished 32nd . . . Regan Smith will drive the No. 88 Chevrolet for Dale Earnhardt Jr. for the second consecutive race. Earnhardt is sitting out while he recuperates from concussions and visited concussion specialists in Pittsburgh on Tuesday. His sister, Kelly Earnhardt Miller, said Junior is on schedule to test a car early next week, hoping to return to racing at Martinsville on Oct. 28 . . . Johnson, Tony Stewart, Jeff Gordon and Greg Biffle are two-time winners at Kansas.